Archive for category: 生活

Things that happen a lot in India: Part 3 Japanese become complainers in India Japanese become complainers in India. In Japan, no matter which shop you visit, they treat customers like King. The shopkeepers and the customers both think that it is obvious and they expect a service of...

Common things that happen in India Part 2: Being always short of change. There are as much as 9 types of coins and notes in Indian currency. They are 1 rupee, 2 rupees, 5 rupees, 10 rupees, 20 rupees, 50 rupees, 100 rupees, 500 rupees, 1000 rupees. Out of...

Common things in India part 1: Family members are extremely close to each other I have heard that Indians are a race who have a strong lateral bonding. In other words, there is a strong unity among fellows. Indians especially have a character of giving importance to family ties....

Our website has been renewed into a networking site. It has been about one year since instudy.jp was launched around this time previous year. I had thought, “It would be sufficient if around 2-3 students would come in the first year”, but I was surprised to see many people...

Shopping malls scattered here and there in India: If you walk around the streets of Indian cities, you will notice umpteen shopping malls everywhere. Also, since these malls are all newly built, they are made of sophisticated architectural design and each has a unique aspect. Depending on the location,...

Since I have been writing a lot based on my dogmatic and prejudiced views about India, this time I decided to write about the common things Japanese people do in India (based on my dogmatic and prejudiced views about Japanese students in India). Below are some of the...

One of the most annoying things in India is ‘commuting’. In cities like New Delhi, metro trains have advanced, but if you go to cities without these, your commuting means become limited to bus, autorikshaw or taxi. For people like businessmen coming from Japan, a personal driver is...

During my first few days in India, my favourite line used to be: “Everything is so annoying here!” Many things that were bound to go smoothly in Japan would require taking lot of efforts in India. Furthermore, once you hit a wall it gets even more difficult and complicated....

Procedure for FRO Registration Indian tourist visa to can be acquired for a maximum period of 6 months. However foreigners holding a visa which is for a period of more than six months (a student or business visa), as a rule have to register themselves at the Foreign Registration...

Let’s ride a bike in India. The main means of transport in India are bus, rickshaw, taxi and train. But buses are so full of people beyond their capacity it feels like a bargain sale where you can stuff unlimited things you want to buy. Local trains not only...